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CONTENTS

  1. PAGE
  2. I.
    § 1. Identity of Electricities from Different Sources
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    1
    1. i.
      Voltaic Electricity
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      3
    2. ii.
      Ordinary Electricity
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      7
    3. iii.
      Magneto-Electricity
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      22
    4. iv.
      Thermo-Electricity
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      24
    5. v.
      Animal Electricity
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      24
  3.  
    §2. Relation by Measure of Common and Voltaic Electricity
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    27
  4. II.
    3. New Law of Electric Conduction
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    32
  5.  
    4. On Conducting Power Generally
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    41
  6. III.
    5. Electro-chemical Decomposition
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    47
    1. ¶ i.
      New Conditions of Electro-chemical Decomposition
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      48
    2. ¶ ii.
      Influence of Water in such Decomposition
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      54
    3. ¶ iii.
      Theory of Electro-chemical Decomposition
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      55
  7. IV.
    6. Power of Platina, etc., to Induce Combination
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    84
  8. V.
    5. Electro-chemical Decomposition- Continued (Nomenclature)
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    111
    1. iv.
      Some General Conditions of Electro-chemical Decomposition
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      115
    2. ¶ v.
      Volta-electrometer
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      122
    3. ¶ vi.
      Primary and Secondary Results
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      133
    4. ¶ vii.
      Definite Nature and Extent of Electro-chemical Forces
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      145
  9.  
    7. Absolute Quantity of Electricity in the Molecules of Matter
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    163
  10. VI.
    8. Electricity of the Voltaic Pile
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    172
    1. ¶ i.
      Simple Voltaic Circles
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      172
    2. ¶ ii.
      Electrolytic Intensity
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      203
    3. ¶ iii.
      Associated Voltaic Circles; or Battery
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      211
    4. ¶ iv.
      Resistance of an Electrolyte to Decomposition
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      218
    5. ¶ v.
      General Remarks on the Active Battery
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      226

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